Since this is a game in which both players know all the information, Firm 1 knows that, because of the payoffs, Firm 2 will introduce the New Product no matter what. This means that Firm 1 will earn a payoff of 6 if in introduces a New Product and a payoff of 3 if it markets the Old Product.

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